Environmental enrichment for nonhuman primates: Theory and application

ILAR Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 178-191

  Lutz, Corrine K ^a   Novak, Melinda A ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory stimulation; Enrichment; Foraging devices; Mirrors; Primate; Social contact; Toys; Videotapes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL WELLBEING; ARTICLE; DEVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESEARCH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THEORY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOUND; STANDARD;

ANIMALIA; PRIMATES;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOUSING, ANIMAL; PRIMATES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOUND; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 17144422477     PISSN: 10842020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ilar.46.2.178     Document Type: Article

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